‘Tolkien’ Trailer #2: The Origin of the Fellowship of the Ring

The second trailer has arrived for the Fox Searchlight drama, Tolkien, directed by Dome Karukoski (Tom of Finland) directed from a script by David Gleeson (The Front Line) and Stephen Beresford (Pride), has just debuted. The film’s based on the life of novelist J.R.R. Tolkien and explores his life leading up to the creation of the iconic fantasy books about hobbits, wizards, dwarves and elves.

Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.